Kestrel National Championship at Brixham Yacht Club

by Stewart Murdoch 21 Aug 2015 17:33 BST 15-18 August 2015

Sponsored by Hartley Boats and Craftinsure.

In summary, there were 18 entries. The event was quite remarkable for the closeness of the racing. I would defy your readers to recall any other event where the top four boats finished tied on equal points after seven races. The eventual positions being decided on a count back basis. Not only were the final positions close but every race was remarkable for the closeness of the finishes with boats crossing the line overlapped and places being won and lost in the 30 metre hitch to the line after races lasting over an hour.

The eventual winners class builders, Mark and Richard Hartley are no strangers to the Kestrel having last won the event in 2008. Runners up for the second year in a row were Paul Barnett and Robin Lamb with last years Champions Stewart and Mhairi Murdoch forced to settle for third and club mates Malcolm and Dannielle Worsley also from Royal Tay Yacht Club rather unkindly placed fourth despite having the same score as the winners.

Overall Results:
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Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	1561	Second Chance	Mark Hartley	Richard Hartley	Blithfield SC	1	1	2	1	6	5	5	15
2	1633	Purple	Paul Barnett	Robin Lamb	Royal Tay Yacht Club	4	4	1	5	1	2	3	15
3	1634	Still Seathing	Stewart Murdoch	Mhairi Murdoch	Royal Tay YC	5	3	5	2	2	1	2	15
4	1638	Shades	Malcolm Worlsey	Dannielle Worlsey	Royal Tay Yacht Club	2	2	4	3	3	4	1	15
5	1640	White Diamond	Richard Peacock	Richard Roberts	Port Dinorwic SC	6	7	3	6	4	3	4	26
6	1627		Henry Richards	Christopher Richards	Goldhanger SC	3	5	6	4	5	6	8	29
7	1636	Still Rare	Alisdair Hood	Campbell Morrison	Royal Tay Yacht Club	8	10	9	7	7	8	13	49
8	408	Chicken	Chris Grice	Lauren Grice	Maylandsea Bay SC	10	8	10	9	9	10	6	52
9	1545	Missnomer	Steven Worf	Lin Worf	Calshot SC	11	9	12	8	8	7	12	55
10	1637	Sweet Janny B	Janet Barnes	Pete Barnes	Porthpean Club	9	6	7	12	17	11	14	59
11	1062	Pure Genius	Paul Wilkinson	Katherine Wilkinson	Maylandsea Bay SC	14	13	8	11	10	13	9	64
12	1600	Pooh Sticks	Paul Gray	Sally Gray	Maylandsea Bay SC	7	12	14	15	11	12	11	67
13	1559	Second Fiddle	Ian Hunter	Abbey Hill	Royal Tay Yacht Club	18	15	11	10	13	9	10	68
14	1551		Adam Lomas	Alaistair Luxford	Paphos Int. SC	12	14	13	13	14	14	7	73
15	1553	Up Periscope	Ian Rintoul	Harry Rintoul	Broxbourne SC	13	11	17	14	15	16	18	86
16	1544	Golddigger	Kevin Edwins	Kevin Jones	Stewartby SC	15	16	15	16	16	17	15	93
17	1590	FP	Brian Layng	Claire Lambert	Paphos Int SC	16	18	19	19	12	18	16	99
18	1573	Fooster	Rod Brown‑Lee	Dave Hearsum	Goldhanger SC	17	17	16	17	18	15	17	99